Allied Skilled Nursing Center
Allied Skilled Nursing Center
303 Smallacombe Drive
Scranton, PA 18508
Phone:(570) 348-1424
Fax: (570) 348-1240
It’s a difficult time when you face the reality that your loved one is growing old and is no longer able to care for them self. As northeastern Pennsylvania ’s largest skilled nursing and rehabilitation center, Allied Skilled Nursing Center provides 24-hour care to people who need assistance with activities of daily living.
Whether you are looking for a short-term rehabilitation program or long-term skilled nursing care, Allied Services can help. Since 1980, the Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center has helped families care for their loved ones. Our team is dedicated to providing the very best nursing, rehabilitation and medical services to help you and your loved one achieve their long term care goals.
Long-term care at Allied Services is the next best thing to being home. We treat each resident as an individual, focusing on their unique needs and goals.
SERVICES AND AMENITIES
In addition to the expert healthcare services and programs that Allied Services offers, residents of the Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center benefit from a full array of therapies, support services and amenities.
Services offered:
• Dietary services
• Social services
• Pet therapy
• Spiritual and enrichment services at the Worship Center (serving all denominations and faiths)
• Recreational therapy
Amenities offered:
• Access to regional transit systems
• Modern, attractive rooms and meeting centers
• Educational programs
• Recreation and personal enrichment activities
• Extensive menu of entrees
• Styling salon
• Landscaped grounds and gardens, including a wheelchair accessible garden
• Van service to outings and special events
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
Programs and services offered:
• Alzheimer's care
• Psychological evaluations/services
• Behavior management
• Recreational therapy
• Dialysis treatment
• Rehabilitation services
• Short-term rehabilitation
• Long-term rehabilitation
• Dietary services
• Rehabilitative Nursing
• Intravenous (IV) therapy
• Respiratory therapy
• Pulmonary care
• Ventilator care
• Medication assessment/management
• Social services
• Occupational therapy
• Speech therapy
• Pain management
• Wound care
• Physical therapy
Dietary Services
The Dietary Services Department at the Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center prides itself on providing nutritionally balanced meals that appeal to the diverse needs of our residents. Upon admission, every resident receives a nutritional assessment by the Dietician to establish dietary needs and meal preferences. To help ensure resident satisfaction, the Department has a Food Committee that residents may serve on to exchange menu item ideas and to help keep the menus new and fresh.
Occupational Therapy (OT)
OT services offered:
• Adaptive equipment training
• Rehabilitation technology
• Community re-entry training
• Self-care re-training
• Home evaluations
• Smoking assessment for safety
• Homemaking
• Splinting/orthotics
• Home safety program
• Upper-extremity rehabilitation
Physical Therapy (PT)
PT services offered:
• After-surgery care
• Physiatry
• Balance training
• Prosthetics and orthotics
• Gait training
• Treatment modalities
• Lower extremity rehabilitation
• Wound care
• Neuromuscular retraining
Recreational Therapy
The goal of recreational therapy is to promote physical and mental wellness for residents and optimize each person’s quality of life. Upon admission, every person receives an individual recreational therapy to determine his or her lifestyle needs.
Rehabilitative Nursing
The nursing team is the foundation of the Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center. Day after day, these dedicated professionals exhibit the care and compassion that has distinguished Allied Services for over 40 years.
Respiratory Therapy
Utilizing a multidisciplinary team approach, the most current technology and most proven therapies, the Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center’s respiratory therapists, led by a board-certified pulmonologist, have one common goal: to wean residents from their ventilator.
Social Services
The Social Services Department at the Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center acts as a liaison for residents to ensure that they receive the financial, emotional and spiritual support they need. Social workers are assigned to each unit and are available residents’ friends and family members as well.
Short-term Rehabilitation Program
The Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center offers a comprehensive short-term rehabilitation program for individuals who are recovering from an injury or illness. Allied Services’ team of therapists and physicians work together with residents and their families to develop individualized, rehabilitation plans to optimize the resident ’s recovery. The short-term rehabilitation program provides physical, occupational, speech and respiratory therapy.
Copyright 2009 Allied Services
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